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“You're the Secretary of State. Attention”

Major-General Gustav, who had been seated in the conference room, stood up in unison and watched the Secretary of State enter the entrance to the wall where a large project had been set up.

“Everyone, take your seats. ”

At the words of Minister Rodman, more than 200 different figures were seated in the room.

“As many of you here know, our military is exposed to a whole new form of threat that we've never encountered before in the world. The threat, as you know, is increasingly becoming a mass of creatures that are emerging around the world. Colonel."

At the end of the minister's speech, Colonel Macpherson of the Pentagon Operations Staff continued.

“Minister, and those of you who are here, please look at this chart. ”

Colonel McPherson activated the remote control on the MacBook, which was wired, and a large screen with dates and numbers on one wall was illuminated.

“What you see here is the frequency and dates of the creature's appearance. Since the emergence of the first boar monster in the United States, there have been increasingly diverse monsters around the world. Fortunately, this is not a dangerous level yet, but the frequency of the emergence of monsters is increasing by 75% over a three-month cycle, which is not yet a reassuring step. ”

The Secretary of Defense picks his chin and thinks of something, and the bear asks Colonel McPherson.

“Have you figured out what caused the monster to appear? ”

In the words of the minister, Dr. Changway of the Ferma Institute, instead of the colonel, picked up the answer.

“This is Dr. Changway of the Ferma Institute. Two hypotheses have been put forward by the research team to establish the cause of the emergence of the monster. One is that monsters emerge all over the world in a way that uses broadband tunnels in the geostationary world that are connected to the inside of the Earth, and the second is that superspace wormholes are connected to other planets, and those creatures are moving here, and we think that the second theory is close to the truth. ”

“Then those monsters are aliens. Doctor?"

“Yes, scientifically, that's fine. ”

Although Rodman was absurd in his outrageous answer to the alien invasion, he could not ignore Ferma's authority as America's premier research institute.

“Okay, so how do we stop that monster? ”

In the words of the minister, Colonel McPherson put the chart back up.

“I've been secretly conducting weapons tests on monsters' carcasses in District 51 for the last three months. And as a result, we discovered an amazing fact. ”

“What facts did you discover? ”

“It turns out that the existing infantry shells were useless to the monsters, and we tested them with U.S. Army infantry fire extinguishers like 5.56 millimeters, 7.62 millimeters, and 50 calibers, and found that they could not penetrate the monsters' skins. ”

“Hm”

“And while the South African 20-millimeter armor had some penetrating effects, it was mostly bounced off the surface of the monster by an angle of incidence of over 18 degrees. Glove piercings with tungsten tanks have been shown to have some piercing effect even at 35 degrees. ”

“So, if you want to stop the monster, you need to use glove piercing bullets with tungsten tanks at least 20 times in advance? ”

“It's not. The 50 caliber barrel sniper tungsten ballistic missile currently used in some countries is effective against some monsters. ”

“How about using DU Tanzania? ”

At the words of the minister, DuPont's private company researcher tackled it.

“This is Thomas, DuPont's senior researcher. Using depleted uranium produces very poor results in harnessing the resources of monsters. It is determined that new forms of anticancer agents, arthritis remedies, and advanced ballistic materials should never be used in uranium tanks that are so valuable that they have already been developed as ingredients extracted from monsters. ”

“The Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Agency also agrees. In particular, as far as the emergence of monsters is concerned in the city, it is determined that all tungsten should be replaced with tungsten, even if only the amount of DUtans from the A10 and Apache helicopters used by the Defense Forces in the United States. ”

The minister wrapped his head around the sound of an increase in the additional budget to be paid. Because I couldn't imagine how much tungsten and related budgets it would take to replace tens of millions of DUs with tungsten.

At this point, I was forced to think of alternatives to using energy weapons as a last resort to replace weapons of mass destruction, albeit at high cost.

“Colonel, have you tried laser weapons or other high-energy weapons? ”

“Yes, Minister, we've tested the monstrous carcasses with the laser weapons currently in our possession, and we've found that they are resistant to all laser weapons except MTHEL.

Experiments have surprisingly shown that the epidermis of the monsters consists of high-strength carbon fiber tissue similar to graphene, which withstands heat temperatures close to 4000 degrees.

Virtually as MTHEL consists of 150 tons of equipment, mobile laser weapons against monsters are unavailable.

Fortunately, the use of large quantities of high-explosives has been determined to disable some of the epidermal shields. ”

At the words of the colonel, the minister had a headache. This is because if the most directly striking laser weapon does not work, it is concluded that no other microwave weapon does.

Then return to the primitive gunpowder weapon and find a way to solve the problem.

“Then there's no other way to stop it than by mobilizing a neutralizer.”

“It seems possible to deter the direct or indirect use of nuclear weapons or neutron munitions. ”

“It's literally the last resort, and once this is a matter that Parliament and the President pay the utmost attention to, we should be supplied with enough firepower to stop all monsters in the U.S. Army as soon as budget increases are passed. Describe the new infantry firearm that DARPA researchers are currently developing. ”

“This is James, senior researcher at DARPA's personal firearms division. We have successfully developed a new ammunition and weapons regime prototype that will deter monsters in just six months. We named this new weapons regime the Beast Hunter. Please note this screen.”

As researcher James presses the remote control key, a blunt-form rifle reveals itself, loading eight rounds of ammunition into a magazine as heavy as the rifle.

“This rifle is designed to fire 25-plus rounds of ammunition with ultra-precision time-limited renal tubes to explode exactly 2 meters in front of the monster, allowing small tungsten arrows to penetrate the monster. ”

“Ammunition is similar to a new airborne bomb developed by Germany, where tungsten tanks explode in the air.”

Researcher James agreed with the Minister's remarks.

“Yes, Minister, the principle is similar to that of the new ammunition from German Rhinemetal, but we've made it a little bit smaller. It can penetrate the bodies of monsters of all shapes that have been discovered so far. In addition, new high-explosives and tungsten copper liners with tungsten balls built into them have also been developed in lieu of existing fillings. ”

“Very well. I will discuss with the President and Congress the additional budget for the Beast Hunter and the new tungsten ammunition immediately."

“Yes, Minister."

At the end of the Strategic Security Council, we had a similar issue in China and were discussing it in Shanghai until late at night.

“So the supply of tungsten becomes unstable in the future? ”

“Yes, it is. Managing Director”

The Shanghai Metal Exchange director may not be able to see the face of the managing director.

“Huh... This is really a big deal. This is a very worrying situation for President Suzhou.”

After a while, the managing director continued to silence with an unspoken, dark expression. The faces of the others who attended are also very dark.

China, which monopolizes the production of rare earths around the world, exerts a number of economic superpowers, including leveraging its influence to regulate world prices with the Chinese Metal Exchange.

One such example is the dispute over the Daowidao (Senkaku Islands), which prevented China from exporting rare earths to Japan less than 24 hours after the historic events in which the Japanese Prime Minister flew the White Age. The Metal Exchange in China, with its superweapon so powerful, is an important location for the cockpit that makes up the most powerful weapon.

That's why the representatives of the Metal Exchange, the Central Chief Executive Officer, and the Gunnery Commanders are discussing the Tungsten Supply Insecurity with a serious expression.

Most non-ferrous metals around the world are priced by LMEs, but rare earths are different. This is because China supplies more than 60% of the world's volume. So the influence of the Chinese Metal Exchange is absolute over the rare earth or tungsten side of the LME.

Essential rare metals, such as tungsten in particular, are supplied annually by China at 50,000 tons, supplying 80% of the world market and influencing the world with them. Reducing the volume is consistent with reducing China's economic influence, which stretches across the globe or holds a leash.

“In order to supply our troops with the new weapons and ammunition they need right now, we need to reduce our current export volume by 70%. ”

Commander Chengdu Gun-gu, who owns his own heavy chemical industrial complex and produces civil airplanes, industrial goods/military aircraft, had a very bad look on the part of the managing member.

In fact, the position of military commander in China is a transcendental position where the army and the air force can be integrated and operate even factories or other businesses for the expansion of their own armaments, so even if other problems arise, we must take the decisions necessary for military power first. In his opinion, the Director of the Metal Exchange agreed.

“As the Commander said, it is difficult to handle the ferrotungsten or tungsten carbide that we will supply to German, Japanese and American companies that are entering the People's Republic of China without reducing their current export volumes. Failure to reduce export volumes immediately could result in the shutdown of many domestic plants. ”

“That's serious. Let's raise the export tariff up to 60% instead of reducing the export volume. And the People's Republic of China should not be blamed by the international community for buying directly the volume of overseas mines and selling them for processing on our metal exchanges, or shrinking quarters. And the Complainant will secretly inform major countries, such as the United States, about the issue and seek a prior understanding of the reduction in exports.”

“Very well, Standing Committee. I will proceed with the action now. ”

With the onset of the devastating tsunami in the United States and China, South Korea, which may be the largest target of the tsunami, was enjoying a peaceful evening without sensing any danger.

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